Governor Jay Nixon

Dairy farmer Paul Heins, of Higginsville, and pork producer Brent Sandidge, of Marshall, were each recognized today with a with a Governor’s Award for Agricultural Achievement, which honors outstanding farmers, growers and processors for their work with agricultural commodities and their communities. The award was presented by Missouri’s Director of Agriculture, Richard Fordyce, on behalf of Gov.

Despite raising concerns, Gov. Jay Nixon's administration is planning to implement legislation cutting Missouri's unemployment benefits to one of the shortest periods nationally.

FLORISSANT VALLEY, Mo. (AP) — Governor Jay Nixon has announced that St. Louis Community College will receive more than $5 million for laboratory upgrades. Nixon was at the school's Florissant Valley campus Thursday to announce the allocation of $5...

Warrensburg, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon today visited the University of Central Missouri to announce more than $12 million in improvements and renovations made possible through Building Affordability, an initiative proposed by the Governor in collaboration with public colleges and universities and passed with bi-partisan support in the General Assembly this year...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Enough Missouri senators appear to support an unemployment bill to vote to overturn Democratic Governor Jay Nixon's veto. Sponsoring Senator Mike Kehoe says he plans to press for the override September 16th, and three senators who were absent when the bill originally passed told the Associated Press that they support the bill...

We have hit the homestretch of the 2015 Missouri State Fair. Here's a look at events for Thursday, August 20, 2015. Today is Governor's Legislators' and Judges' Day with Governor Jay Nixon excepted to make his first appearance at the 2015 Missouri State Fair, with the ham breakfast at 8 a...

JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Jay Nixon today announced President Barack Obama has approved his request for a major disaster declaration as a result of prolonged flash flooding and severe storms across the state from May 15 to July 27. Local governments and nonprofit agencies in the 68 counties included in the declaration – the most for any disaster in Missouri since the Great Flood of 1993 – can seek fed

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Governor Jay Nixon is planning a cross-state trip to announce plans for the state commission that oversees training and education for law enforcement officers. Nixon is scheduled to stop in Kansas City, St. Louis and Springfield on Thursday to discuss the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission...

Sedalia, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon today visited the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia to announce nearly $4 million in upgrades to the property, which is being made possible through the Build Missouri initiative called for by the Governor in his State of the State Address, and passed with bi-partisan support in the General Assembly this year...

JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Jay Nixon today requested the federal government declare a major disaster for 69 of Missouri’s 114 counties as a result of the prolonged severe storm systems that have generated tornadoes, straight line winds, torrential rain, hail, flooding and flash flooding across large portions of the state since May 15...